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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in blended learning technology are enabling students all over the world to take classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning technology institutions are struggling with now that distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we certify that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Wallis and Futuna to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Educators want to perceive how MOOCs can be made better. In response to this developing desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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